Bottle-crate.



L. B. KAUFFMANN.

BOTTLE CRATE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1909.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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BOTTLE CRATE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 29, 1909.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES 69% $404 By Mv ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENToFFIoE.

LOU KAUFFMANN, OF NEW YORK,

full, clear, and exact description.

Crates as at present constructed for beer bottles, milk bottles and similar receptacles are, after effort usage, either in need of repa'if or renewal; usually the sides are stove in or split, or the bottle rack damaged, requiring the replacement of thecrate.

I have devised a crate to withstand considerable rough handling and abuse, and in which the sides are separately removable, as also the bottle rack, whereby any one of these parts may be renewed when split or otherwise damaged, and avoid the discarding of the remainder of the structure;

The crate consists of a metal box frame, sides of wood or other like-strong material received in vertical ways formed in the frame and held in place by removable corfier caps, and a metal rack detachablysecured within the box at the corners of the The bottle rack is constructed of upright frame.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved crate complete; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the box frame; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of an'upper corner of the frame; Fig. tis a perspective view of the bottle rack; Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the re movable sides; Fig. 6 -is a like view of another of 'the sides or ends; Fig. 7 is an inverted perspective, view of one of the corner caps on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of a corner of the crate.

BOTTLE-CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 29, 1909. Serial No. 474,987.

.is seated in the box,

rigid with "the adjoining frames N. Y], AssIeNoaToKAuFrMANN KASE KOMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y., 4

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Patented 10 and 11 respectively, are provided with vertical ways to receive a side of the box. For this purpose the marginal connecting portions 10 are vertically slotted, the posts '9 grooved in the edges, and the bottom marginal portions 11 grooved in the upper faces. The bottom marginal portions 11 of the side frames at the ends of the box are rigidly connected together by a number'of slats 13, the slats preferably being cast in.

tegrally with the upright frames. In the vertical ways of-the upright frames of the box frame are received the sides 6 and 6, which are of such height as to be flush with the upper marginal portions 10 of the frames when the sides af'e seated in the grooves of the marginal portions "11. The sides are removably secured in place in the box frame by the corner caps 8, which, as best shown in Fig. 7, are channeled to neatly fitover the upper marginal portions 10 of adjoining frames, to which they are removably secured by bolts 14, which as Jan. 14,1913. 1

best shown. in Fig. 8, pass through the flanges of the corner portions'lO of sides.

plates, the marginal latticed frames 15 and v 16 joined together at the upper corners by a marginal strip 17, which, at the corners of the rack, have upright legs 18, the side strips 17 being vertically rabbeted at the juncture ofthe legs to form shoulders 19. The intersecting frames 15 and 16 are. spaced apart to form asuitable number of pockets, usually twenty-four, of the requisite size, the longitudinal frames 15 being about twice the depth of the frames 16 and both width or sets of frames arranged. at the same height or flush at the top. When the bottle rack theframes 15 rest at the box frame and the box the ends on the bottom marginal portions of the box frame in theintervals between the slats, and the legs 18 bearagainst the inner faces of the posts 9, with the shoul-' ders 19 abutting against the edges of the posts. YVith the bottle rack thus positioned,

the legs 18 are detachably connected to the posts 9 by screws or such other devices 20.

These'screws pass through the sides of the box and assist in securing them to the box frame. The bottle rack like the box frame is preferably cast in a single piece.

Should any. of the .box sides'require re- 9 newa-l it is only necessary to remove the adjacent corner caps and screws 20, when the side may be lifted out of the ways in the box frame and a new one inserted in its stead, or if the bottle rack be damaged, this may, after the screws 20, have been removed, be lifted from the box and a new rack inserted and secured in position.

Having thus described my invention, ll claim as new and, desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

1. A crate including in combination a metal frame constituting the edges of the crate, the top and side edge parts of said frame consisting of two members spaced apart from each other, and sides for the crate slidable into position between the members of the respective top and side edges, and means for holding said sides in position.

2. A crate including in combination a metal frame constituting the edges of the crate, the top and'side edge parts of said frame consisting of two members spaced apart from each other, and sides for the crate slidable into position between the members of the respective top and side edges, and caps fitting over the upper corners of the frame'to hold the sides in position. v a

3. A crate including in combination a gframe constituting the edges of the crate,

of the respective top and side edges, means metal frame constituting the edges of the crate, the top and side edge parts of said a frame consisting of two' members spaced apart from each other, and sides for the crate slidable into position between the members of the respective top and side edges, the bottom edge parts of said frame consisting of two members fixed to each other, one member extending along the bottom outside edge of the crate side and the other member extending along the bottom of said crate side; v

. a. A crate including in combination a metal the top and side edge parts of said frame consisting of two members spaced apart from each other, and sides for the crate slidable into position between the members for-hdlding said sides in position, and members extending across the bottom of the crate and connected to the opposite bottom parts of the crate frame.

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

Witnesses:

W. Home, dorm P. DAVIS.

non B. ,KAUFFMANN. 1 

